Ms. Chudnovsky has served as General Counsel for an international privately-held technology firm since 2009, overseeing intellectual property, trademarks, technology acquisition, and mergers & acquisitions. Ms. Chudnovsky is Chairperson of the GI Research Foundation (GIRF) for the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center. She has served on the GIRF board for the past 11 years, becoming President in 2019.
Her work with GIRF contributes to raising over $3 million annually to support the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago and beyond. Ms. Chudnovsky is an active board member of XCures, a privately-held technology company working to advance cancer research and patient outcomes and has served as a member of the board of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of cancer immunotherapies for patients with limited treatment options and poor outcomes, since October 2022.
Ms. Chudnovsky has a particular interest in cancer research and personalized cancer vaccines, and is a frequent investor and donor in the space. Prior to her current roles, she began her legal career at Thomas Coburn Fagel Haber, with a focus on corporate law, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, and business banking. Ms. Chudnovsky received a B.A. in political science and Slavic literature from Northwestern University, and a J.D. from DePaul University.
